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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Odisha's deadly farmlands: Another farmer commits suicides due to crop loss -Priya Ranjan Sahu

Odisha's deadly farmlands: Another farmer commits suicides due to crop loss -Priya Ranjan Sahu

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published Published on Nov 2, 2017   modified Modified on Nov 2, 2017
-Down to Earth

Between 2001 and 2010, over 2,600 farmers committed suicide in Odisha and this year, drought has already broken their economic backbone

Brunda Sahu, a farmer in Odisha’s Bargarh district, set his paddy field on fire on Tuesday after he was frustrated with the alleged cold response of the district administration to the crop damaged by pests.

A day later, he went to the same field in Kalapani village in the district early in the morning and consumed poison. He was taken to the hospital but soon died while undergoing treatment.

His family said Sahu had taken a loan of around Rs 500,000 to cultivate an area of 15 acres.

Sahu is not the only farmer who has ended his life this season due to damaged crops and alleged debt burden; he is the fourth one, that too within a span of 15 days. The fresh reports of suicides by the farmers in quick succession have again brought into focus the acute farm distress in the district, known as the ‘Rice Bowl of Odisha’.

Three days ago, another farmer, Akshay Dharei (58) of Tora village, killed himself by consuming pesticide after he found his paddy crop, cultivated in nine acres of land, damaged due to pest attack. “My father had taken an agricultural loan of Rs 200,00, besides a loan for a power tiller. He became depressed after the crop was damaged after being affected by ‘chakada’ (brown plant hopper),” says Subash Dharei, the deceased farmer’s son.

After Sahu’s death on Wednesday, Odisha agriculture minister Damodar Rout held a meeting of top officials in Bhubaneswar and sent a technical team to visit Bargarh to assess the reason of crop damage in farmers’ land. He also asked the district administration to submit a report on the death within 48 hours.

An expert team from Odisha University of Agriculture Technology will go to Bargarh to study the pests and pesticides used in the fields as the government had asked the agriculture officials three months back to procure pesticides to combat possible pest attacks. After the crop damage, it would be assessed if the pesticides were fit for the kind of pests damaging the crop, an official said.

Talking to DTE, Rout said: “It is very painful to hear about farmers’ deaths. The government would take appropriate action after receiving detailed reports on the crop area damaged and quality of pesticides used.”

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Down to Earth, 1 November, 2017, http://www.downtoearth.org.in/news/another-farmer-commits-suicide-in-odisha-s-deadly-farmlands-58985


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